Canadian Oscar nominees: awesome Canadian cartoons
The nominees for the 87th Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills, California on Jan. 15. American movie heavyweight favourites, such as The Grand…
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Scientist movies are watered-down hagiography
Last year saw the release of two high-profile films about famous scientists: The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the ill-fated computer scientist Alan Turing,…
Love is Strange
When you live with people, you know them better than you care to” – Ben, Love is Strange. Love is Strange tells the story of…
The Reality of Storm Chasing
The upcoming documentary, The Reality of Storm Chasing, set to be filmed by local storm chaser Francis Lavigne-Theriault, chronicles storm chasing experts in the United…
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
“If you want to kill me, you better hurry, because I’m a hundred years old” – Allan Karlsson. Best-selling Swedish novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who…
ACTRA: Diversity is our Strength
On Oct. 17, ACTRA, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, announced the winners for their national diversity short film competition. Two out…
The good, the bad, the critic
Bjork is one of the strangest artists in the world; weird is an understatement in attempting to describe her. The Icelandic musician is no stranger…
The good, the bad, and the critic
Romi Mayes is one of Winnipeg’s most colourful and enjoyable homegrown rockers. Mayes has been rock ’n’ rollin’ for the last decade. In 2011 she…
Out in the Night with REEL Pride
Partnered with the women’s and gender studies program at the University of Manitoba, REEL Pride Film Festival presented a free screening of Out in the…
The good, the bad, and the critic
The only thing Roger Ebert loved more than movies was Life Itself, according to the film’s tagline. Growing up in North America, it would be…